Bulk carrier Berge Yotei (IMO 9866691) suffered a fire and explosion early on May 2nd that put the vessel temporarily out of action and caused it to drift. The vessel had been heading from Argentina to Marsden Point New Zealand with a cargo of soy, ETA May 22. By May 3rd some power was restored…
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An incorrect installation of a single set screw led to the loss of propulsion control on Canadian-flagged, 736ft self-discharging bulk carrier Atlantic Huron (IMO 8025680), causing the ship to strike a pier at 6.8 knots, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found. The NTSB issued...
Jack-up drilling rig, the Velesto NAGA 7, owned by Malaysia-based Velesto Energy Bhd, has sunk off Malaysia while under deployment to oil company ConocoPhillips. NAGA 7 is an independent-leg cantilever jack-up rig that was delivered in January 2015. It has a drilling depth capability of 30,000ft...
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Salvors have started removing fuel from the tanks of lift boat Seacor Power (IMO 8765682), which capsized in the Gulf of Mexico in April. Phoenix International and Donjon Marine have been contracted for dive and salvage operations. The US Coast Guard said that the vessel could have been carrying up...
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Cargo onboard the suezmax oil tanker A Symphony (IMO 9249324), which leaked oil off China after being involved in a collision late last month, has been removed and preparations are underway so the vessel can sail to a Chinese repair yard, the ship’s manager Goodwood Ship Management said on...
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The rivers that flow through Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay are becoming shallower because of the recent drought, meaning that barges are having to carry less than their usual loads of staple exports. The drought has also impacted the production levels of those exports, such as wheat, corn and...
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The May 4th ruling by an Egyptian court that ULCV Ever Given (IMO 9811000) would continue to be held in the Great Bitter Lake, has been met with disappointment from the Ever Given’s P&I insurer UK Club and by the ship’s technical manager Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM). Japan-based owner...
Chemical/oil products tanker Sti Pimlico (IMO 9686871), which was entering port, collided with LNG tanker Bilbao Knutsen (IMO 9236432), which was leaving port, just outside Huelva, Gulf of Cadiz, Spain, early on April 30th, while the two vessels were in the port’s anchorage area. Both ships...
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Attempts to unload the cargo from tanker A Symphony (IMO 9249324), which leaked oil into the Yellow Sea near the Chinese port city of Qingdao after a collision last week were scheduled to be completed on Tuesday May 4th, the vessel’s manager Goodwood Ship Management has said. A Symphony, carrying...
The (re)insurance industry is currently not at the stage where it can put any numbers to the insured cost of the Ever Given blockage of the Suez Canal, Paul Gregory, chief underwriting officer at Lancashire Holdings Ltd, told analysts at the (re)insurer’s Q1 earnings call. “Obviously, we don’t want...